Keeping an eye on your farm
Like most industries, agriculture is using advances in technology to keep ahead, resulting in dramatic changes. Inevitably, as farming tools get more complex, they become more of a target for thieves. But there’s another...
On-farm participation crucial for CA research
Conservation agriculture (CA) refers to an agricultural management system based on the simultaneous application of three principles: minimum mechanical soil disturbance, an organic soil cover throughout the year and the use of crop and...
Moving forward from crop protection to agricultural solutions
Agrochemical group BASF aims to grow 1% above the global agricultural market annually and increase its sales by 50% by the end of 2030. Through a strategy of innovation-driven growth in specific markets it...
Safety of farm workers handling pesticides not negotiable
In a country that is often compared to the most advanced farming nations in the world, farm workers are an important component of the agricultural success story. A healthy work force is a valuable...
Tegnologiese vooruitgang belangrik vir presterende produkte
June 2017
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
K2 Saad het tydens hul jaarlikse nasionale boeredag op 15 Maart vanjaar ‘n wye reeks mielie-, soja-, weidings- en groenteprodukte wat kommersieel beskikbaar is, aan produsente bekend gestel. SA Graan/Grain het gaan uitvind...
Vooruitsigte vir die somerreënvalgebiede
September 2017
Cobus Olivier, wetenskaplike: Voorspellingsnavorsing, Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens
Soos die winter tot ‘n einde kom, skuif die fokus in terme van reënval en temperatuur weg vanaf die suid-westelike winterreënvalgebiede na die lente- (meestal suidelike en oostelike...
Climate change: Resilience needed in agriculture
There is clear evidence that agriculture in South Africa has evolved to take natural climate variation into account. The changing seasonal weather is such that two consecutive seasons are seldom similar. The response to...
Die verandering van ‘n seisoen
September 2017
Jannie de Villiers, uitvoerende hoofbestuurder
Ek geniet nog altyd die gedeeltes van my werk wat te doen het met landbou en ekonomie aansienlik meer as die politieke deel. Wat ek wel vanwaar ek sit kan...
Klimaatverwagtings vir die vroeë winter
Die somerreënvalvoorspelling vir Desember, Januarie en Februarie van die 2018/2019-seisoen het aangedui dat daar goeie kanse vir bo normale reënval was. Ongelukkig was dit net sekere gedeeltes wat bo normale reën gekry het (Figuur...
REITZ-KONFERENSIE fokus op herlewing
July 2018
PIETMAN BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain redaksiespan
‘n Studiegroep wat fokus op ‘n beter toekoms en wat navorsing vir hulle laat werk. Dít het aanleiding gegee tot die Landbouweekblad Herlewingslandboukonferensie wat jaarliks op Reitz in die Oos-Vrystaat aangebied word.
“Ek hou...
